Monthly Archives: April 2024

GEMS spring fling concludes season of faith and character building

GEMS spring fling concludes season of faith and character building
A season of equipping girls in grades fifth through eighth with God’s truth, strengthening their confidence, and helping them grow in faith and character culminated for all involved in GEMS with a Spring Fling on Wednesday, Mar. 27. From September through mid-March, 40 girls and 10 counselors met on Wednesday evenings at Sully Christian Reformed Church for...
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‘A Slice of Home’ by Simone Bates

‘A Slice of Home’ by Simone Bates
Easter weekend, we took Liam and Liesl to see Derek’s Grandma Joetta at St. Francis Manor in Grinnell. Liam got lots of sweets in the Easter egg hunt, and Liesl was enamored with the Easter bunny!    Egg-stra Eggs! Happy belated Easter! As I type this, I am drooling over the smell of our carrot cake baking in...
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Hawks take fourth at Belle Plaine Invitational

Hawks take fourth at Belle Plaine Invitational
Lynnville-Sully’s boys track team had its first meet of the season on a beautiful spring evening at Belle Plaine on Thursday, Mar. 28. Their first meet two days prior at East Marshall was canceled due to inclement weather, so getting shoes on the track and implements in the field events were a thrill, especially under...
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Ernest J. Eysink, 93

  Ernest J. Eysink, 93, of Sully, died Saturday, Mar. 30, 2024. Funeral service was at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Apr. 3, at Sully Com-munity Church. Memorials have been designated for Gideons International, PO Box 161, Pella, IA 50219. Ernest J. Eysink was born at home Jan. 9, 1931, to John and Johanna (De Jong) Eysink in Sully. Ernest...
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Barbi Vander Beek, 65

Barbi Vander Beek, 65, of New Sharon, passed away Saturday morning, Mar. 30, 2024, at Mahaska Health Partnership Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa surrounded by her family. Funeral services were at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Apr. 3, at New Life Fellowship Church (formerly the New Sharon United Methodist Church) in New Sharon. Burial was in  Friends...
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